King Jr.
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
Table of Contents Introduction.
导言表。
4 Life in the South.
四生南来.
5 Starting His Work.
5开始他的工作。
9 “I Have a Dream”.
9 “我有一个梦想”。
11 Glossary.
11 词汇表。
16 Introduction Each year, we celebrate Martin Luther King Day.
16 每年,我们庆祝马丁·路德·金日。
We remember the life and work of a great African American leader.
我们记得一位伟大的非裔美国领导人的生活和工作。
Who was this man?
这个人是谁?
A girl marches in a Martin Luther King Day parade.
一个女孩在马丁·路德·金日的游行中游行.
Life in the South Martin Luther King Jr.
小南马丁路德·金的生活.
was born in 1929.
出生于1929年.
He grew up in a loving family.
他成长于一个有爱心的家庭.
When he was nineteen, he decided to become a minister.
十九岁时,他决定出任大臣.
His first job was at a church in the state of Alabama.
他的第一份工作是在阿拉巴马州的一座教堂.
Alabama is in the South, where African Americans lived under unfair laws for many years.
阿拉巴马州位于南方,非裔美国人多年来生活在不公平的法律下.
Before the Civil War, most black people were slaves to white owners.
在南北战争之前,大多数黑人是白人所有者的奴隶.
After the Civil War, slavery ended in America.
南北战争后,奴隶制在美国结束.
But many states in the South then passed laws to keep blacks apart from whites.
但南方许多州随后通过法律,将黑人与白人隔开.
President Abraham Lincoln passed a special law to free the slaves.
亚伯拉罕总统 林肯通过特别法律释放奴隶.
Abraham Lincoln The childhood home of Martin Luther King Jr.
亚伯拉罕·林肯 小马丁·路德·金的童年故居.
These unfair laws took away the rights of many blacks.
这些不公平的法律剥夺了许多黑人的权利.
Black children had to go to different, poorer schools than white children.
与白人儿童相比,黑人儿童不得不上不同的、更贫穷的学校。
Blacks had to use different drinking fountains and bathrooms.
黑人不得不使用不同的饮用喷泉和浴室.
On buses, blacks had to sit in the back and give up their seats if whites wanted them.
在公交车上,黑人不得不坐在后座上,如果白人想要,则放弃座位.
In 1955, a black woman refused to give up her bus seat to a white man.
1955年,一名黑人女子拒绝把公交座椅让给白人男子.
She was put in jail for breaking the law.
她因违法被关入监狱.
When Martin heard what happened, he decided to act.
当马丁听到发生的事情,他决定采取行动.
Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat.
罗莎 公园拒绝放弃她的公交座椅.
After her arrest, a police officer took her fingerprints.
她被捕后,一名警察拿走了她的指纹。
A black man drinks from a fountain labeled “For Colored Only.”
一名黑人从被命名为“只为有色人种”的喷泉中饮用。 “
In 1960, around the time this photo was taken, colored was the word often used for African Americans.
1960年,大约在拍摄这张照片的时候,有色是常被非裔美国人使用的词.
Starting His Work Martin wanted all Americans to have the same rights.
开始他的工作马丁希望所有美国人拥有同样的权利.
He believed that if people worked together, they could change the unfair laws.
他认为,如果人们合作,他们可以改变不公正的法律.
He asked other African Americans to stop riding the city buses until the law was changed.
他要求其他非裔美国人停止乘坐城市公交车,直到法律被改变.
Thousands of them stopped using the buses for almost a year.
上千人停止使用公交车近一年.
Some whites agreed that the law was unfair.
一些白人认为法律不公平.
Other whites liked things the way they were.
其他白人喜欢他们原来的样子
They were angry that Martin wanted to change things.
他们很生气马丁想改变一切
Someone even threw a bomb at his house.
有人甚至朝他家扔了炸弹
But the city finally changed the law to allow blacks to sit wherever they chose on buses.
但该市最终修改了法律,允许黑人在巴士上选择的地方就坐.
Blacks walked or shared cars instead of riding city buses.
黑人步行或共享汽车,而不是骑上城市公交车.
These women shared a station wagon to get around town.
这些女人共用了一辆货车来绕来绕去
Two black men sit at the front of a city bus in Alabama after the law was changed.
法律被修改后,两名黑人坐在阿拉巴马州一辆城市公交车前.
“I Have a Dream” In 1963, Martin helped lead marches to change other laws in the South.
“我有一个梦想” 1963年,马丁帮助带领游行者改变南方的其他法律.
Many of the people at one march were children.
一次游行的许多人是儿童。
When police used force to stop the march, some of the children were badly hurt.
当警察用武力来阻止游行时,一些儿童受了重伤.
Around the country, people saw how African Americans were treated.
在全国,人们看到非裔美国人受到的待遇.
More and more people wanted to change the laws to be fair to everyone.
越来越多的人希望改变法律,以公平对待每一个人。
When Martin led a march in Washington, D.
当马丁在华盛顿领导游行时.
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